Las Vegas Education Reformer Seeks Bold Changes
Dr Leland Newcomer leads the Las Vegas school system amid rapid growth and controversy He champions long hours innovation and shared responsibilities including athletics driver training art and music to fund quality teaching He centralized power to principals piloting modular scheduling and a study of long term taxation to sustain finances He asserts progress depends on community support and will relocate if opposition persists.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Leland Newcomer
Lean
Newccomer
Covina
Calif
He Played Chicken and Paid Consequences in Australia
Sydney AP reports Patrick Museth, year old, was hit by an express train while playing chicken on a Newtown rail line. He survived after skull surgery, receiving a 7 by 4 inch cobalt chromium plate, the largest metal implant in Australian operation history. He regained basic functions and began learning again, even playing backyard football. Travelers in Ethiopia fear Danakil warriors who kill strangers to guard water holes.
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Sydney
Patrick Museth
Newtown
Patrick
United States
Australia
Beegun
Raw Material Prices Rise Pressure on Buyers
New York report notes rising costs across industrial inputs with metals such as aluminum copper and steel leading the charge. Other commodities are climbing and the Bureau of Labor Statistics index shows broad gains from 1965 to 1966, signaling inflationary pressures as basic raw materials tighten.
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New York
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
State Industry Expanded In 66
Topeka Kansas saw 148 new manufacturing plants open last year per a Kansas Economic Development Commission report to Gov William H Avery. An additional 28 plants plan to start production soon, employing about 3 700 workers with payrolls over 22 400 000 and capital expenditures above 43 000 000.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Economic Development Commission
William H. Avery
Wichita
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Harvard
Nevada
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Com
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Minnick Motors, Inc
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